Bottle-filler



(No Model.)

' P. SAAL.

BOTTLE PILLER.

' Patented Nov. l, 1881.

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PETER SAAL, 0F GREENVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

BOTTLE- FlLLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 248,886, dated November 1, 1881,

Application filed July 14, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, PETER SAAL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Greenville, in the county ot" Mercer and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Fillers; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part ot' this specification, and tothe letters and ligures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l is a perspective view ot" the wiregauze strainer connected to the stock for inserting it in the bung-hole of the barrel. Fig. 2 is a similar view ofthe siphon-tube, cap, and rubber tube disconnected l'rom the lstrainer.

The present invention has relation to certain new and useful improvementsin bottle-iillers, and it consists in the details ot' construction, substantially as shown in the drawings and hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the strainer, of perforated metal or wire-gauze, in the form of a cylindrical tube closed at its bottom, or, in other words, having the wiregauze covering its lower end. The upper end ot' the strainer .A is connected to a metal stock, B, so that the strainer can be readily inserted in the bung-hole of the barrel and firmly held in place without danger ot' injury of the wiregauze by compressing it.

Within the strainer A is inserted a siphontube, C, said tube being rigidly connected to a cap, D, through which it passes, the end above the cap being turned around and downward in the` form of a goose-neck, and has connected to it a rubber extension-tube, a, 'of any desirable lengt-h.

(No model.)

on the well-known siphon principle. In filling the bottles the rubber tube a is inserted inthe.

neck thereof and the liquor'tlows through the tube into the bottle until lled.

, It' desired, instead ot' compressing the rnbber-tube with the fingers to prevent the escape ofthe liquor, while changing it from one botlle to another, a suitable device may be connected to the tube for this purpose.

The strainer A entirely incloses the tube C, said tube extending down to near the bottom thereof', the strainer preventing any foreign substance froinpassing into the tube and stopping it up. a

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

In a bottle-filler, the strainer A, connected to the stock B, in combination with the tube C, cap D, and rubber tube a, substantially as and for the purpose set torth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my naine in the presence of two witnesses.

PETER SAAL.

Witnesses:

D. It. SAUL, B. MCGOWAN. 

